Originally Posted by
CentralPa717
As far as in the sim, I was told to try to do as much as I possibly could do as pilot flying because the pilot monitoring had too much other stuff to worry about, especially to be setting the fd for me.
When you are hand flying the PM is setting up your FD as that is his job, your job is to call for what you want set into the FD. If you were told otherwise that would account for some of the trouble. Until the FD is set for you, look through it and fly the aircraft.
Good luck in your next class, and don't dwell on your prior training...it sounds like you might have had some poor instruction.